Shift Editor & Quick Lookup vs Memoman
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shift Editor & Quick Lookup
This app streamlines writing and referencing by integrating a browser with customizable text display. It offers smart Markdown shortcuts, multiple customizable presets for editing and viewing, and robust version control for documents. The app prioritizes a clean, distraction-free writing experience with advanced typography options.
- Integrated browser with custom color schemes
- Smart Markdown shortcuts
- Customizable presets for editing and viewing
- HTML preview sync
- Dropbox repository browsing
- Automatic document versioning
- Advanced typography options
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When we write, we reference the dictionary, Wikipedia, Google, and any number of websites. I made Shift to make writing and referencing both easy to do and especially, easy to read. The integrated browser displays text in your custom color-scheme using gorgeous fonts, so the web can readable at night and during the day. This means that you can quickly open Wikipedia or other text-based website and have the text size & colors match your custom choices without busy clutter. And Shift makes changing between presets easy. You have four customizable presets to choose from, accessible from the editor itself. Two touches, that's it. The MultiMarkdown editor syncs the text with an HTML preview that shows your work with the customizable style of your choice. Tap text to edit, pinch to preview. It's easy. Shift is smart about Markdown. Shift has shortcuts to create lists, emphasis and strong, indentation, headings, and more. All lines selected can be marked at once. For example, if you want to mark a few words to be italic, select at least parts of the words and press the italic button. Shift will insert the markdown where it needs to be. It's smart. Some Markdown documents or some websites are easier to read in landscape. That's no problem in Shift. You can use Shift in landscape view as well as portrait. And Shift can browse your entire Dropbox repository, not just a single folder. Every time you open a document, a copy is saved. Two previous versions are always available for you to revert any mistakes. There will be no tears when using Shift. I care about typography. Shift comes with Concourse, Equity, and Triplicate, three gorgeous fonts by Matthew Butterick (see http://practicaltypography.com). And so font selection and editor layout has been carefully put together. But you are free to change (and restore) text color, background color, highlight colors, and presentation style. You'll find that the keyboard color will follow your background color selection and other parts of the UI adapt to your choices as well. Shift is customizable, but it's simple. It gets out of your way so you can write and read the way you want. If you have any question, go to http://shiftwriter.com and press the "support" link on the bottom of the page. I'll answer as best as I'm able. Thanks for your time. A special thanks to Icons8 at http://iconpharm.com for the use of a number of their icons.
Memoman
This app helps you create and manage recurring reminders for tasks and deadlines. It syncs across Apple devices and offers interactive notifications for quick actions. Never miss an important event with reliable, persistent alerts.
- Recurring reminders
- Push notifications
- iCloud sync
- Apple Watch support
- Interactive notifications
- Note creation
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Turn quick notes into reliable reminders that keep working even when you’re offline. Memoman makes it easy to capture a memo, add details, and choose exactly when you want to be reminded. Set a one-time alert or repeat it every minute, hour, day, weekday, month, or year. Your memos stay in sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. STAY ON TOP OF WHAT MATTERS • Create, edit, search, mute, and organize memos in seconds. • Choose flexible one-time and repeating reminder schedules. • Open, mute, or delete a memo directly from its notification. • Keep important memos close with modern widgets. • Find memos quickly with Spotlight search. • Review and manage memos from Apple Watch. • Work across multiple windows on iPad and Mac. • Rely on on-device reminders without an internet connection. Whether it’s a deadline, a daily habit, or a thought you cannot afford to forget, Memoman keeps it visible and on schedule.
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Verdict
Shift Editor & Quick Lookup and Memoman both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Shift Editor & Quick Lookup's written reviews are positive against 50% of Memoman's. Shift Editor & Quick Lookup also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Memoman's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months) and device support (6 vs 3). On price, rating and ratings volume there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Memoman sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shift Editor & Quick Lookup asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Shift Editor & Quick Lookup against 4.5 for Memoman. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Shift Editor & Quick Lookup's written reviews are positive against 50% of Memoman's.
Shift Editor & Quick Lookup ships an update every 11 months, Memoman every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shift Editor & Quick Lookup | Memoman |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better | 4.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Lincoln | Moballo, LLC |
Customer experience
Shift Editor & Quick Lookup
Memoman
In-app purchases
Shift Editor & Quick Lookup
No in-app purchases
Memoman
- Memoman Pro$1.99
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